Books, exhibitions and projects

Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of taking part in a wide variety of projects—from children's books and educational materials to group exhibitions and audiovisual collaborations. Here you’ll find a selection of the experiences that have shaped my journey as an illustrator.

Books

  • REGRESO A NOWHERE
    Text: J.R.Barat
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Bruño, 2025
  • LA VUELTA AL MUNDO EN 80 DÍAS
    Text : Jules Verne
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    ublishing house: Bruño, 2025
  • EL MISTERI DE LES MONEDES PERDUDES
    Històries de Morells i Voltors
    Text: David Ortín
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Edicions i Creacions la Musca, 2025
  • FADANINA I LES SUPERENGANXINES
    Text: Maria Carme Roca
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Baula, 2025
  • FADANINA FA TEATRE
    Text: Maria Carme Roca
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Baula, 2024
  • EL MONSTRE PETORRO / EL MOSNTRE PETARRÓ / EL MONSTRUO PETORRO
    Text: Paco Cholbi
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Bromera, Animallibres, Algar, 2024
    International children's book Enric Solves, Consorci Ribera i Valldigna Award / Ciutat d’Alzira Literary Awards.
  • DON’T INVITE A BEAR INSIDE FOR HANUKKAH
    Text: Karen Rostoker-Gruber
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Apples & Honey Press, 2024
    2025 IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association, USA) Book Award Silver Winner
  • FADANINA VA A CIUTAT
    Text: Maria Carme Roca
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Baula, 2024
  • EL CONTE BRODAT / EL CUENTO BORDADO
    Text: Cinta Arasa
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Bellaterra Kids, 2024
  • EL SEGREST DE LA REMEI
    Històries de Morells i Voltors
    Text: David Ortín
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Edicions i Creacions la Musca, 2023
  • FADANINA I ES FOLLETS PERDUTS
    Text: Maria Carme Roca
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Baula, 2023
  • FADANINA
    Text: Maria Carme Roca
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Baula, 2023
  • UN DINOSAURE A LA BANYERA / UN DINOSAURIO EN LA BAÑERA
    Text: Carles Sala i Vila
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: La Galera Editorial, 2023
  • AESSOP’S FABLES
    Text adapted by: B.B. Gallaguer
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Good and True Media, USA, 2022
  • CANCIÓN DEL PIRATA
    Text: José de Espronceda
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Base, 2022
  • DRACS, LLEGENDES CATALANES AMB PASSIÓ DE FOC
    Text: Joan de Déu Prats
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Cossetània Edicions, 2022
  • ELS GEGANTS DEL MESOZOIC, dinosaures a Catalunya i Morella
    Text: M. Mercè Cuartiella
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Brau Edicions, 2022
  • ELS FETS D’ARMES DE CATALUNYA
    Text: Cinta Arasa
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Edicions Sidillà, 2022
  • HOMMER’S THE ODYSSEY
    Text adapted by: B.B. Galagher
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Good & True Media, USA, 2021
  • El GRAN LLIBRE DEL BESTIARI CATALÀ
    Text: Agrupació Bestiari / Meritxell Bayarri
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Penguin Kids, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2021
  • ONE RED WAGON
    Text: Deanne Kells
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Kindermusik, 2020
  • EL ROBATORI DE L’ALA D’OR
    Text: David Ortín
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Edicions i Creacions la Musca SCP, 2020

  • CRY FOR ME
    Text: Rus Buyok
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Reading A-Z, USA, 2020

     

  • THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

    Adaptation of Eva Martínez
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: SCHOLASTIC, CHILDREN’S PRESS, TALES TO GROW BY Broadway, New York, USA, 2020

    MR TEMPKIN CLIMBS A TREE
    Text: Cary Fagan
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Kar-Ben Publishing, INC, Minneapolis, USA, 2019

     

  • THE DAY IT RAINED TORTILLAS
    Text: Betty Yee
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Reading A-Z, level M, USA, 2019

     

  • SANDOKÁN
    Adaptation of Guida Planes
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: RBA Molino, 2019

     

  • DIRTY BELLA
    Text: Claire Daniel
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Heinemann, USA, 2019

     

  • WATCH OUT RABBIT
    Text: Margie Sigman
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Heinemann, USA, 2019

     

  • CLEVER TURTLE
    Text: Sonia W. Black
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Heinemann, USA, 2019

     

  • THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
    Text: Nancy Loewen
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Capstone Publishing, USA, 2019

     

  • UN CAPITÁN DE QUINCEAÑOS
    Text adapted by: Albert Sabadell
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: RBA, 2018

     

  • ESCUELA DE ROBINSONES
    Text adapted by Albert Sabadell
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: RBA, 2018

    CINCO SEMANAS EN GLOBO
    Text adapted by Albert Sabadell
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: RBA, 2018

     

  • VIAJE AL CENTRO DE LA TIERRA
    Text: adaptació de Jesús de Cos
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: RBA, 2018

     

  • L’EXTRAORDINARI DOCTOR RUPERT
    Text: Eulàlia Canal and Glòria Marín
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Animallibres, collection: la formiga groga, 2018

     

  • LA MISTERIOSA MÁQUINA DEL PROFESOR MABÚS

    Text: Mario Catelli
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Upala Books, 2017

     

  • A SPIDER’S SCHEME
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Reading A-Z, USA, 2017

     

  • TREASURE ISLAND
    Text adapted by Peter Clover
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Starry Forest Books, NY, 2017

     

  • EN BERNAT, EL GAT AFAMAT
    Text: Cinta Arasa
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Jollibre, Santillana Grup Promotor, 2017

     

  • PARAULES NOUVINGUDES
    Text: Anna Gasol and Teresa Blanch
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Barcanova, collection: Mots Vius, 2015

     

  • EL LLIBRE MÉS ALT DELS CASTELLS
    Text: Raquel Sans, Francisco Montoya
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Brau Edicions, 2015

     

  • FOUR FRIENDS
    Text: Rus Buyok
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: READING A-Z, USA, 2015

     

  • THE ABSTRACT CAT
    Text: Raj Manohar
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION (OH), USA, 2015

     

  • TE CUENTO MI CUENTO
    Text: Iraida Castro Nogales, Marta Muñoz Rossi, Pablo Ortega Muñoz, Paula García Prieto, Paula Piorno Lobato, Javier Riendas Sánchez
    Illustration: Susana Rosique, Carles Arbat, Mar Villar, Marta Montañá, Alícia Arlandis and Eva Sans
    Publishing house: San Pablo, 2015

     

  • EL LLIBRE MÉS BÈSTIA DE LES BÈSTIES
    Text: Nicolás Alonso
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Brau Edicions, 2014

     

  • LES MIL I UNA NITS
    Text adapted by Mercè C. Vidal
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Barcanova, collection: Gran Formato, 2014

     

  • THE ORIGIN OF MAN
    Text: Óscar Blázquez and Jesús Muñoz
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Pleistocene Publishing, 2013

     

  • EL DRAC DE SANT JORDI
    Text: Laia Pascual
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Editorial Andana, 2013

     

  • CARA A CARA
    Text: Anna Llisterri
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana, 2013

     

  • L’OCELL DELS QUATRE COLORS
    Text: Anna Llisterri
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana, 2013

     

  • VIATGE AL CENTRE DE LA TERRA
    Text adapted by Jordi Riera and Jordi Simon
    Illustration: Carles Arbat
    Publishing house: Base, 2013

Exhibitions

  • 2025 - IL·LUSTRADORS, collective illustration exhibition at Espai Mil Nou in Reus, from April 25 to May 28.
  • 2018 - PORTADES A DOJO, collective exhibition of covers from the magazine Cavall Fort (1961-2018) organized by Edicions Cavall Fort and the Pau Gargallo School of Art and Design, at Espai Betúlia in Badalona, from May 8 to June 22.
  • 2010 - 100 D’AVUI, collective illustration exhibition organized by OEPLI for the 32nd International IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela.
  • 2008 - NOUS MONS, collective illustration exhibition at Casa Golferichs, Barcelona.
  • 2004 - Collective exhibition about JOAN BROSSA, organized by APIC.
  • 2003 - BIENAL DE BRATISLAVA
  • 2002 - CIEN AÑOS DE ILUSTRACIÓN INFANTIL ESPAÑOLA, organized by the INSTITUTO CERVANTES.
  • 2002 - PETITS DIMONIS, solo exhibition at the School of Art and Design of Olot.
  • 2002 - OBJECTES PERDUTS, virtual exhibition organized by APIC.
  • 2001 - DEIXEU-ME DIR, collective exhibition about the poet Miquel Martí Pol, organized by APIC at the Caixa de Sabadell exhibition hall.

  • 2000 RATÓN PÉREZ Y EL DIENTE DE UN REY, collective and traveling illustration exhibition. Tribute to the figure of RATÓN PÉREZ, author: Fernando Coloma (1851–1914). Centro Cultural Puerta de Toledo, Sala Centro (Madrid).

  • 2000 Traveling and collective exhibition of the selected posters for the Children's and Youth Book Fair.

  • 2000 LA VIDA IL·LUSTRADA, group exhibition on illustration applied to everyday life, organized by APIC, at the Centre Cívic Pati Llimona in Barcelona.

  • 1999 ENTORNS, group exhibition on landscapes and the objects that shape them, at the Sala Municipal d’Exposicions in Santa Coloma de Farners (Girona).

  • 1998 SOMNIS, solo exhibition at the Sala Municipal d’Exposicions in Bescanó (Girona).

  • 1998 Art Gironès, collective painting exhibition at La Casa de la Cultura Les Bernardes in Salt (Girona).

  • 1997 Installation on the figure of SIGMUND FREUD at the Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny d’Olot (Girona).

  • 1997 Art Gironès, collective painting exhibition at La Casa de la Cultura Les Bernardes in Salt (Girona).

  • 1996 Art Gironès, collective painting exhibition at La Casa de la Cultura Les Bernardes in Salt (Girona).

  • 1996 (+i), solo illustration exhibition at the Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny d’Olot (Girona).

  • 1995 LA CALAIXERA, group exhibition at the Centre Cívic de Sant Narcís (Girona).

  • 1995 CONTRASTOS, group painting exhibition at the Ateneu de Riudarenes (Girona).

  • 1993 Painting exhibition at the Central Foment de les Arts in Olot (Girona).

  • 1992 Solo painting exhibition at the Centre del Color in Bescanó (Girona).

  • 1991 Group painting exhibition at the Balneari de Sant Hilari Sacalm (Girona).

Audiovisual & Animation

  1. ELS JOCS MÉS BÈSTIES, TV3, program: El 33 recomana.
  2. Illustrations for educational APP: HOW DO ANIMALS WORK, by Learny Land / Planet Factory. 2021 – Yoichi Sakakihara Prize from the Digital Ehon Awards, for the educational APP How do animals work, by Learny Land / Planet Factory.

Awards and recognitions

2025 IBPA USA Book Award Silver Winner

Text: Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Illustrations: Carles Arbat
Publisher: Apples & Honey Press, 2024

IBPA

2023- Enric Solbes Award for Illustrated Album (Ciutat d’Alzira Literary Awards)

El monstre Petorro / El monstre Petarró / El monstruo Petorro, written by Paco Cholvi and illustrated by Carles Arbat.

IBPA

2021 - Yoichi Sakakihara Prize of Digital Ehon Award, educational APP

Educational app How Do Animals Work, developed by Learny Land / Planet Factory.

Yoichi Sakakilhara Prize of Digital Ehon Awards

2012 — Honor list of the 15th Award by the Spanish Catholic Commission for Childhood.

Album: “THE COLORS OF SILVANO”. Written by Roberto Alíaga, illustrated by Carles Arbat.

Award from the Spanish Catholic Commission

2005 - VI Llibreter Award Booksellers' Guild of Catalonia - Illustrated album

Illustrated album category for the book: “WE WANT THE CRAZY COWS TO RETURN!"

Llibreters de Catalunya

2022 - Lazarillo Illustration Award, recognition for the best illustrated work of the year

With the work titled “THE CITY OF THE IGNORANT / LA CIUTAT DELS IGNORANTS”

Lazarillo